RPM International Inc is an American multinational company with subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance specialty coatings, sealants and building materials.
Industrial brands include Stonhard, Tremco, illbruck, Carboline, Flowcrete, Universal Sealants, Euco, Day-Glo and Dryvit.
RPM's consumer products are used by professionals and do-it-yourselfers for home maintenance and improvement and by hobbyists.
The company has more than 14,000 employees worldwide who work in 139 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries.[2]
Its products are sold in 170 countries and territories.[1]
It is the fourth largest paint and coating company in the world.[3]
RPM is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RPM.
Its shares are owned by 585 institutions and 116,000 individual investors.[1] It ranks among the top 200 in total shares held by BetterInvesting investment clubs.[4]
RPM has increased its cash dividend paid to stockholders for 43 consecutive years.[5]
Only 44 other companies, besides RPM, have consecutively paid an increasing annual dividend for this period of time or longer, according to the summer 2017 edition of the Mergent Handbook of Dividend Achievers.[6]
Over the ten-year period from May 31, 2007, to 2017, RPM has outperformed the S&P 500 by 70 percent in total return generated for its shareholders, which includes both capital appreciation and reinvestment of dividends.[1]
RPM International Inc. owns subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance coatings, sealants and specialty chemicals, primarily for maintenance and improvement applications.
RPM employs more than 14,000 people worldwide and operates 139 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries.
Its products are sold in approximately 170 countries and territories.
Fiscal 2017 sales were $5 billion, with 66 percent to industrial and specialty markets worldwide and the remaining 34 percent to consumers mainly in North America.
RPM as an Investment
Shares of the company's common stock are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RPM and are owned by more than 550 institutional investors and 116,000 individuals.
RPM's Consumer ProductsRPM's consumer products are sold primarily in North America, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom, with an increasing presence on the European continent. They include:
RPM's Specialty ProductsRPM’s specialty brands serve a broad range of industries and have leading positions in niche markets that typically do not compete with RPM's traditional peers. Products include:
RPM International Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets and sells various specialty chemical product lines, including specialty paints, protective coatings, roofing systems, sealants and adhesives, focusing on the maintenance of industrial, specialty and consumer markets.
The Company operates through three segments: the industrial reportable segment (industrial segment), the specialty reportable segment (specialty segment) and the consumer reportable segment (consumer segment).
Its family of products includes those marketed under brand names, such as API, Carboline, CAVE, DAP, Day-Glo, Dri-Eaz, Dryvit, Euclid, EUCO, Fibergrate, Flecto, Flowcrete, Grupo PV, Hummervoll, illbruck, Mohawk, Rust-Oleum, Stonhard, TCI, Toxement, Tremco, Tuf-Strand, Universal Sealants, Viapol, Watco and Zinsser. As of May 31, 2016, its subsidiaries marketed products in approximately 164 countries and territories, and operated manufacturing facilities in approximately 120 locations.
RPM International Inc is an American multinational company with subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance specialty coatings, sealants and building materials.
Industrial brands include Stonhard, Tremco, illbruck, Carboline, Flowcrete, Universal Sealants, Euco, Day-Glo and Dryvit.
RPM's consumer products are used by professionals and do-it-yourselfers for home maintenance and improvement and by hobbyists.
The company has more than 14,000 employees worldwide who work in 139 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries.[2]
Its products are sold in 170 countries and territories.[1]
It is the fourth largest paint and coating company in the world.[3]
RPM is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RPM.
Its shares are owned by 585 institutions and 116,000 individual investors.[1] It ranks among the top 200 in total shares held by BetterInvesting investment clubs.[4]
RPM has increased its cash dividend paid to stockholders for 43 consecutive years.[5]
Only 44 other companies, besides RPM, have consecutively paid an increasing annual dividend for this period of time or longer, according to the summer 2017 edition of the Mergent Handbook of Dividend Achievers.[6]
Over the ten-year period from May 31, 2007, to 2017, RPM has outperformed the S&P 500 by 70 percent in total return generated for its shareholders, which includes both capital appreciation and reinvestment of dividends.[1]
